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Day: March 27, 2008

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Yahoo’s new radio campaign is both ridiculous and an obvious attempt at propping up what can and is being perceived as a sinking ship takeover target. David beat Goliath because he had a slingshot and guts. But Yahoo’s attempt at disparaging Google’s search model, a far superior and accurate model, is like Charles Manson winning his parole–it just doesn’t make sense. . . unless

Yahoo’s tactic may be the time tested “this bad ad” where an advertisement is deliberately created to sound stupid, bad, or completely out of touch. This is done solely as a tactic to help consumers remember the ad so they virally (talk) spread the word.

The following is fromseoroundtable.com’s solid article “Will Yahoo’s Radio Commercials Help Take Market Share From Google?”

Yahoo’s radio campaign tagline:

“Search engines like Google get you lost in all the links, but not Yahoo search. . . You won’t find that on your Google page!”

“If Yahoo concentrated on their search engine a bit more, they might have something to shout about.”

Why Google is Superior and Yahoo Does Not Get It

1. Consumer Choices: Google’s vast listing of links provides answers for consumers whether the answers come from a blog, website, or paid advertisement does not matter. We have the choice to click or to not click

2. Blogger Links: We bloggers are looking for links, authority which bolsters our Google “juice” moving us up the rankings on each page. Exposure leads to readership and readership leads to business, monetary gain, and recognition

3. Business Listings: Google is simply the future’s answer to the Yellow Pages. Businesses that do not have Google placement and search-ability are destined to remain hard to find, lose credibility with consumers, and lose revenue

The old trick of naming your business AAA or beginning your listing with the letter A so as to place at the top of the Yellow Pages listings is being played out everyday on Google. In today’s version of that tactic, businesses that blog have the ability to move up the rankings, lockout their competitors, answer their critics, defend their reputation, and further their company message.

As one blogger proclaimed “Yahoo should have waited until the Microsoft takeover and new search capabilities were ready for market. . . why trumpet an old second place model?”